Saturday, May 26, 2012

OPERATIVE MEMO 1473

05/OCT/1995-
PT "Crni" (who is being treated along
the line of xxxxxxxx

Kumanovo

OPERATIVE MEMO

I.On 05.October.1995
an informative conversation was conducted with the Source xxxxxxxx. The conversation was
conducted at our initiative, and took place in the café "Fokus".

II.Objective
of the conversation: Obtaining intelligence regarding the attitudes of xxxxxxxxxxx and PT "Crni",
and in relation with xxxxxxxxxxxx

III.OBTAINED
INTELLIGENCE: The Source has informed us that pursuant to his agreement
with us, immediately following the explosion [the assassination attempt on
President Gligorov in Skopje] in the evening he went to the restaurant "Baba
Cana", ownership of Jordan Petrovski (bearer of PT "Crni" along
the line of xxxxx)
and by conversing with him found out that Jordan together with Dragan
Stojanovski [Daravelski] from Kumanovo imported (obtained) classroom desks from
Ukraine which were designated for the "University" of the albanians [sic] in the city of Tetovo. On that
occasion Jordan complained that his political activity he only brought him
grief, and he pointed to the empty restaurant as proof (said that customers
avoided it) which he substantiated by an example when allegedly an
"Unknown to Us" plainclothes police officer drew his gun in the
restaurant, released the safety said to all present, Jordan being one of them: "Are
there any bulgarians [sic] here for
me to give a beating to at once." Since then Jordan allegedly cares only about
business and has not been exhibited any political activity. Regarding the
assassination of [sic] President
Gligorov, although provoked by the Source, Jordan restrained himself from
commenting, only expressing an ironical amazement that he had not yet been summoned
to the police station and convicted as the perpetrator.

Questioned about where his friend Pepi [Predrag Dimkovski OT
"Rimljanin"] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
was, Jordan said that he also had problems stemming from his political activity,
as a result of which [the political activities] their partners from the Republic
of Serbia had ceased paying them promptly; and that he is presently in Kumanovo
and together with his partner Dragan, are vigorously struggling to collect
their receivables.

At the end of the conversation the Source informed us that
he met the owners of "Afro-kola" from Ohrid yesterday, at the
restaurant "T'ga za Jug" in Skopje, and that they spoke about the
assassination, where the present gave their views regarding the event, which is
that an economic motivation should not be excluded as a motive for the
assassination, despite the main focus being on portraying the event as politically
driven. Namely he tried to substantiate his view with the intention of the
Bulgarian Mafia to keep Macedonia's north and south border's closed [due to
embargoes] which would keep the flow of goods open only through the Republic of
Bulgaria, as it is currently the case.

IV.OPERATIONAL
COMMENTARY: The source xxxxx
is a friendly connection with PT "Crni" and we deem the obtained
intelligence from him to be truthful.

Special attention should be paid to the restraint and
distancing of PT "Crni" and implicitly of xxxxxxx concerning the assassination, because
of fear of measures that the police might take against him. PT "Crni"
even express readiness to completely distance himself from his present
political activity.

It is possible that the policeman who drew his gun in the
restaurant "Baba Cana", ownership of Jordan Petrovski, is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx of the UVR [Department of Internal Affairs] Kumanovo, for
which disciplinary action had been taken against him, however since it is possible
that it was a different person, we judge that with this {Remainder of page missing}

The source has been instructed to find out about the
enterprise belonging to xxxxxxxxxxxxx
as well as specifics regarding its work, as well as to resume surveying his
attitude.

Operational
worker

Xxxxxxxxxxxxx

REMARK OF THE CHIEF OF UDBK:

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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*Note: Petrovski was
on a trip in Serbia during the week of October 2 to 7, 1995 when the alleged
meeting between him and the Source took place in Petrovski’s restaurant in
Kumanovo, Macedonia.